IRISH HOME RULE.----Bound with. THE LIBERAL GOVERNMENT AND NAVAL POLICY. Speeches delivered by the Rt.Hon.Winston Churchill,M.P by CHURCHILL. WINSTON. S.;

John Rylands Library. Manchester. UK. 1993 - 1997. THREE VOLUMES. Bound for presentation to Churchill's Daughter Mary Soames. ----- FIRST EDITION of first and third work, second edition of second work. 4to and 8vo. Programme for the Churchill: What the papers say exhibition of 1997, and prospectus for the Rylands Research Institute are both hard bound, complete with colour covers bound in, in light blue half cloth bindings with gilt lettering to the spines and marbled paper on the boards. These both measure 11.8 x 8.6 inches. Farnie Biography of Rylands is bound in half red cloth with marbled paper on boards and gilt lettering on the spine and measures 9.9 x 6.3 inches. All three volumes are housed in a custom made clam shell box with smaller cut away space for the 8vo volume. The box is covered in dark blue leather and stamped onto the front panel is the presentation notice; "The Lady Soames DBE - On the occasion of the opening of the exhibition - Churchill: What the papers say - The John Rylands… Read More

NP. 1926 - 1972. A magnificent archive of stage performers 'Bobby and Evelyn' who performed as clowns. (11 x 8.3 inches). There are over 150 items, stuck neatly into a large folder, the spine of which is now breaking. Comprising: 24 real mono photographs (12 from the Clown act and 12 from a Luton Grammar School gymnastic display which was choreographed by Squire), One large poster, circa 40 letters and telegrams, circa 60 programmes and show bills, circa 25 newspaper cuttings. The earliest items here are a photo dated 1926 and a flyer from 1928, and the latest seems to be 1972 on a large poster from Girvan. Working for the most part as Clown Bobby and Evelyn, His real name was Robert Squire, hers was Evelyn Wrensted. The couple performed across the country at fetes, fairs, concert parties and on the music hall and end of pier circuit for almost fifty years. This is the unique personal record of their career, from booking confirmations and programmes to photographs, letters of thanks and newspaper coverage.

Cassell & Co. ltd. London. 1948-54. SIX VOLUMES. FIRST EDITIONS, 1st impressions. 8vo. (8.6 x 5.8 inches). Illustrated throughout with maps and plans, many folding. A near fine, bright set of books with some neat annotation to a handful of pages in volume one. Publishers black cloth with gilt lettering to the spines. Top edges dyed deep red, which is still a rich dark colour on all volumes. Patterned grey and white endpapers with rampant lion and Churchill's initials, designed by Lynton Lamb. Previous owner bookplate inside the first four volumes. In the publishers original dustwrappers with the same design background. Fine and clean wrappers with the spine lettering, including the red volume numbers and titles, vibrant and bright on all six volumes. Uncommon in such good condition. The red ink used for the volume numbers and sub titles is particularly prone to fading and copies without fading of the red, like this one, are hard to find. A superior set of first editions of Churchill's monumental… Read More

Printed by W. Bulmer & Co. for G. Nicol. London. 1797. FIRST EDITION. Three volumes. Complete. - Two quarto text volumes (12 x 9.4 inches), and a folio atlas of plates (16.6 x 12.3 inches). ---- Both text volumes in contemporary full brown calf boards with decorative gilt borders. Re-spined in recent brown calf with raised bands, the compartments ruled in blind, two red morocco labels, lined and lettered in gilt. Gilt inner dentelles. Marbled endpapers. All edges marbled. The atlas volume bound in recent half brown calf. Spine with raised bands, each decorated in gilt. Compartments ruled in gilt. Red title label, gilt. Marbled paper on boards. Text volumes with engraved portrait frontispiece to each, 1 plate and 26 vignettes after William Alexander et al. in all, atlas with 44 engraved views, plans, plates and maps and charts, including large folding world map, 3 natural history subjects and 25 views. Some foxing and sporadic spotting to both text and atlas, a couple of the maps have professional… Read More

Christophers, London 1934. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.6 x 5.2 inches). Illustrated with line drawings throughout the text. Publishers yellow cloth with black lettering to the spine and black illustration to the front board. In the scarce original dustwrapper with a design by Ruth Wood, printed in red and black to the front panel. A near fine copy in a very good dustwrapper with some loss to the very top of the spine, which is also toned. ---- Summary: A collection of short extracts from the Nazi propaganda. The anonymous editor wants to show the contradictions, distortions and exaggerations in the Nazi ideology and propaganda. The goal of the collection is to point to the grave dangers embedded in the Nazi ideology, to the violence and brutality of the Nazi revolution. (From the Bibliography of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism). An interesting and uncommon book ridiculing the ideology of the National Socialists in early 1930's Germany, by using there own statements and… Read More

John Rylands Library. Manchester. UK. 1993 - 1997. THREE VOLUMES. Bound for presentation to Churchill's Daughter Mary Soames. ----- FIRST EDITION of first and third work, second edition of second work. 4to and 8vo. Programme for the Churchill: What the papers say exhibition of 1997, and prospectus for the Rylands Research Institute are both hard bound, complete with colour covers bound in, in light blue half cloth bindings with gilt lettering to the spines and marbled paper on the boards. These both measure 11.8 x 8.6 inches. Farnie Biography of Rylands is bound in half red cloth with marbled paper on boards and gilt lettering on the spine and measures 9.9 x 6.3 inches. All three volumes are housed in a custom made clam shell box with smaller cut away space for the 8vo volume. The box is covered in dark blue leather and stamped onto the front panel is the presentation notice; "The Lady Soames DBE - On the occasion of the opening of the exhibition - Churchill: What the papers say - The John Rylands… Read More

NP. 1926 - 1972. A magnificent archive of stage performers 'Bobby and Evelyn' who performed as clowns. (11 x 8.3 inches). There are over 150 items, stuck neatly into a large folder, the spine of which is now breaking. Comprising: 24 real mono photographs (12 from the Clown act and 12 from a Luton Grammar School gymnastic display which was choreographed by Squire), One large poster, circa 40 letters and telegrams, circa 60 programmes and show bills, circa 25 newspaper cuttings. The earliest items here are a photo dated 1926 and a flyer from 1928, and the latest seems to be 1972 on a large poster from Girvan. Working for the most part as Clown Bobby and Evelyn, His real name was Robert Squire, hers was Evelyn Wrensted. The couple performed across the country at fetes, fairs, concert parties and on the music hall and end of pier circuit for almost fifty years. This is the unique personal record of their career, from booking confirmations and programmes to photographs, letters of thanks and newspaper coverage.

Cassell & Co. ltd. London. 1948-54. SIX VOLUMES. FIRST EDITIONS, 1st impressions. 8vo. (8.6 x 5.8 inches). Illustrated throughout with maps and plans, many folding. A near fine, bright set of books with some neat annotation to a handful of pages in volume one. Publishers black cloth with gilt lettering to the spines. Top edges dyed deep red, which is still a rich dark colour on all volumes. Patterned grey and white endpapers with rampant lion and Churchill's initials, designed by Lynton Lamb. Previous owner bookplate inside the first four volumes. In the publishers original dustwrappers with the same design background. Fine and clean wrappers with the spine lettering, including the red volume numbers and titles, vibrant and bright on all six volumes. Uncommon in such good condition. The red ink used for the volume numbers and sub titles is particularly prone to fading and copies without fading of the red, like this one, are hard to find. A superior set of first editions of Churchill's monumental… Read More

Printed by W. Bulmer & Co. for G. Nicol. London. 1797. FIRST EDITION. Three volumes. Complete. - Two quarto text volumes (12 x 9.4 inches), and a folio atlas of plates (16.6 x 12.3 inches). ---- Both text volumes in contemporary full brown calf boards with decorative gilt borders. Re-spined in recent brown calf with raised bands, the compartments ruled in blind, two red morocco labels, lined and lettered in gilt. Gilt inner dentelles. Marbled endpapers. All edges marbled. The atlas volume bound in recent half brown calf. Spine with raised bands, each decorated in gilt. Compartments ruled in gilt. Red title label, gilt. Marbled paper on boards. Text volumes with engraved portrait frontispiece to each, 1 plate and 26 vignettes after William Alexander et al. in all, atlas with 44 engraved views, plans, plates and maps and charts, including large folding world map, 3 natural history subjects and 25 views. Some foxing and sporadic spotting to both text and atlas, a couple of the maps have professional… Read More

Christophers, London 1934. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.6 x 5.2 inches). Illustrated with line drawings throughout the text. Publishers yellow cloth with black lettering to the spine and black illustration to the front board. In the scarce original dustwrapper with a design by Ruth Wood, printed in red and black to the front panel. A near fine copy in a very good dustwrapper with some loss to the very top of the spine, which is also toned. ---- Summary: A collection of short extracts from the Nazi propaganda. The anonymous editor wants to show the contradictions, distortions and exaggerations in the Nazi ideology and propaganda. The goal of the collection is to point to the grave dangers embedded in the Nazi ideology, to the violence and brutality of the Nazi revolution. (From the Bibliography of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism). An interesting and uncommon book ridiculing the ideology of the National Socialists in early 1930's Germany, by using there own statements and… Read More